I read the post on scrap quilting and thought I would share this. There are two things to note on this quilt;
1. A Grandmother's Fan pattern is a great way to use scraps. I am very bad at curved piecing so I simply turned the curved edge under and sewed it down. I taught myself later to use one of my machine stitches for machine applique which is what I did for the pansies on the borders.
2. The quilt has a surprise inside! I had an old Ohio Star that was so faded and worn, it was beyond repair but I couldn't throw it out - so I used it as the batting! If anyone ever took this quilt apart, they would find the old quilt inside, which I thought was a neat way to recycle. If you quilt by hand, I wouldn't recommend using the old quilt as a batt - it would be pretty hard to sew - but it machine quilted just fine!

cool!

Very pretty quilt! What an ingenious way to recycle old things!

Very pretty, I don't use anything old in my quilts. Old quilt as batting may work if it doesn't show through.

smart thinking!! looks beautiful.

very pretty

you're so good at this! Love the colors & adding the pansies made it more eye catching.

Fan quilts are my all time favorite!

nice job! great use of an old quilt. :D

Thanks to all for the nice compliments!It was fun to make.
Responding to Jingleberry about the old one showing through - I was worried about that as well. Fortunately, the old one was faded enough and the pattern busy enough that it doesn't. However, I did consider turning over the old quilt so that the old quilt top was facing the back of the new quilt, which was white. I figured that even if it showed through, it might make an intriguing design.